Donald Trump
Donald Trump pleads not guilty to additional charges as Republicans release Biden bank records
The charges also accused two Trump employees of conspiring with the former president to delete the footage at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Investigators obtained secret warrant for Trump’s Twitter account
Trump said the Justice Department “secretly attacked my Twitter account, making it a point not to let me know about this major ‘hit’ on my civil rights”.
- by Alanna Durkin Richer
Opinion
Culture wars
Don’t mention the (culture) war. Even I’m shutting up
Listening to intolerance and fear rather than challenging it is easier said than done. But I’m trying.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
Analysis
US politics
Republicans hunt for Hunter Biden scandal big enough to sink Joe, save Trump
The danger is that ongoing ructions surrounding the Biden family will continue to be a headache for a president heading into an election.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Judge tosses Trump’s defamation suit against writer E Jean Carroll
The ruling shuts down, at least for now, Trump’s effort to turn the legal tables on E. Jean Carroll, who won a sexual abuse judgment against him in May.
- by Jennifer Peltz
Trump dumps on US women’s soccer team
The US presidential candidate fired a broadside at his country’s women’s soccer team after they were bundled out of the World Cup in Melbourne.
- by Greg Dundas
Opinion
US politics
Try looking at the Trump legal saga without congratulating yourself
I ask you to try on a vantage point in which we anti-Trumpers are not the eternal good guys. In fact, we’re the bad guys.
- by David Brooks
After Trump appears to vow revenge, prosecutors seek protective order
The US prosecutors pointed to a post on Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform in which he wrote, in all capital letters, “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!”
- by Alanna Durkin Richer
How do you imprison an ex-president with lifetime Secret Service protection?
If found guilty, Donald Trump will cause an “enormous burden” on the system and force logistically and politically complex questions.
- by Spencer S. Hsu, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Jackman
Analysis
US politics
Trump’s indictment not the end of chaos, but a harbinger of chaos to come
In the 21st century, politicians can speak to voters directly – and raise money off them – leaving parties with far less influence on their behaviour.
- by Amanda Taub
Opinion
Political leadership
Why Trumpism failed here, despite Morrison giving it a red-hot go
Trumpism wasn’t an Australian outfit; it was an American fashion that we tried on briefly, but shrugged off and left on fitting room floor.
- by Peter Hartcher